Top Private equity companies in London
Companies that have taken private-equity capital or large secondaries. Filtered to companies headquartered in London.
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- 1Revolut· London, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 16.8k employees
- Founded 2015
- 2Capco· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 7.9k employees
- Founded 1998
- 3DNEG· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 7.8k employees
- Founded 1998
- 4Virgin Active· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 7.6k employees
- Founded 1999
- 5Selfridges· London, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 6.9k employees
- Founded 1909
- 6OTRO· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 6.5k employees
- Founded 2017
- 7FNZ· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 6.1k employees
- Founded 2004
- 8Heathrow· Hounslow, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 5.8k employees
- Founded 1946
- 9Nord Anglia Education· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 5.8k employees
- Founded 1972
- 10GoodLife Fitness· London, Ontario, Canada
- Private equity
- 5.5k employees
- Founded 1979
- 11SS&C GlobeOp· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 5.4k employees
- Founded 2000
- 12Monzo Bank· London, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 4.8k employees
- Founded 2015
- 13wagamama· Southwark, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 4.4k employees
- Founded 1992
- 14Noventiq· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.9k employees
- Founded 1993
- 15CareTech· Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.6k employees
- Founded 1993
- 16Control Risks· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 1975
- 17Domestic & General· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.3k employees
- Founded 1912
- 18Caffè Nero· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.3k employees
- Founded 1997
- 19Tide· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3.2k employees
- Founded 2015
- 20Claranet· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 3k employees
- Founded 1996
- 21QX Global Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 2.9k employees
- Founded 2003
- 22Third Bridge Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- Secondary
- 2.3k employees
- Founded 2007
- 23The Gym Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 2.3k employees
- Founded 2007
- 24Evelyn Partners· London, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 2.1k employees
- Founded 2020
- 25Aztec Group· Carshalton, England, United Kingdom
- Private equity
- 2k employees
- Founded 2001
Find engineers at Private equity companies in London
Private equity companies in London are some of the fastest-moving employers in the market. The list above ranks the largest Private equity-stage companies headquartered in London by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 566 matching companies in our index, the density of senior engineers, designers, and founders is unusually high.
At Private equity, teams tend to be small, ambitious, and on the hunt for senior talent. The companies on this list are good signals for where the Londontalent market is heating up — and for which engineers and founders are about to become tomorrow’s operators.
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